What I can't believe is that he didn't want to come clean about it. Mistakes happen, and that's where personal responsibility comes in. People make really bizarre choices at times.

Last Saturday I was out at the field, and it was a particularly busy day for us. Six of us were flying (yeah, that's busy) and a few more were just there. One of the older fellows has a helicopter, and absolutely no common sense. A few years ago we were on the same frequency, and I switched all of my stuff once I found that out. This guy has poor judgment, and I didn't want to deal with that potential situation. Anyway, that Saturday I was flying, and he decides to fly his helicopter. He can't do anything more than hover, and chooses to do so at the approach end of the active runway! We have two very wide runways. I walked over and suggested that he move to the end of the inactive runway, where we could be sure there wouldn't be any chance of any problems. He wanted to argue about it! I told him to move it in no uncertain terms, and instead he walked back to the pits and waited until I was done. Simple, simple common sense and courtesy seem to be in short supply at times!